It’s official: The lavish party has replaced the casual luncheon for perfume launches. Last month, Dior fêted the tenth anniversary of its J’Adore fragrance at the Boom Boom Room, and last night, two of Fall’s biggest flacons made after-dark debuts. First up, the Monkey Bar, where Helena Rubinstein celebrated the arrival of its first scent [...]

Whether or not you’re ready to accept it, the holidays are quickly approaching. It’s unclear what actually demarcates the beginning of the season—whether it’s the first appearance of Christmas lights or the nascent pangs of stress that come with making your Thanksgiving travel plans—but in our world, the arrival of repackaged makeup sets means it [...]

Of course, in this age of the statement lip, we have our go-tos. When it comes to reds, we swear by Dior Rouge No. 999 in Fiery Red; it’s discontinued but can still be unearthed with a little online sleuthing. For fuchsia, it’s gotta be YSL’s Rouge Volupté in No. 10 Provocative Pink. [...]

The beauty world finally got its turn to take over the Standard Hotel’s new Boom Boom Room last night when Dior pulled out all the stops to fête the tenth anniversary of its popular fruity-floral scent J’Adore. One of the brand’s most successful fragrance franchises to date, the bergamot, rose, and jasmine absolute perfume drew [...]

“Christopher [Bailey] has a very clear idea of what he wants—he even chose the specific shade of silver for the actual runway,” said makeup artist Wendy Rowe, putting the final touches on Lily Donaldson’s face backstage at Burberry yesterday. With that kind of clear vision from the brand’s creative director, Rowe’s job was relatively easy. [...]

At last night’s Cinema Society and Salvatore Ferragamo screening of Two Lovers in New York, socialite and Dior brand ambassador Tinsley Mortimer took a set of perfectly eye-grazing bangs for a spin. And we’d just like to say…yes. Yes to everything she’s doing. Her new look is younger and edgier, and in combination with that [...]

As we reported yesterday, the Oscar nominations are out and five of Hollywood’s leading ladies will vie for the honor of Best Actress in a Leading Role. While Angelina Jolie’s star power and Meryl Streep’s tremendous talent will make them hard to beat on February 22—sorry, Melissa Leo, this just isn’t your year—our money is [...]

Since we reported on its first showing a couple of months back, we haven’t seen much of Sofia Coppola’s Miss Dior Cherie fragrance commercial, which also marked the filmmaker’s directorial debut for the famed French house. The visual absence only really occurred to us today, though, as the 30-degree damp chill of yet another day [...]

At last night’s launch party for the Six Scents Fragrance Initiative: Series One, a brigade of black-boots-wearing scenesters braved the line that quickly formed outside the New Museum on the Bowery. Sure, there were the six different designer-collaboration fragrances on view for looking and testing; free, pink drink specials (vodka with a mélange of different [...]